Ahh , the smell of grinding metal and empty cans of Mountain Dew…
Now that this years FRC season as been offically Kick’d off , Whos coming to NASA-VCU this year?!
I cant wait to see everyone at regionals this year, best of luck to everyone.
-Sporno
Unfortunately, I’ll be missing the even for the second straight year (and my 2nd time ever). It’s my favorite regional, but Philly’s the same weekend. Have fun down there in RVA.
5th Gear will be there on Tech Row
Sean , sad your not gonna be there , have fun in Philly tho
2108 will be returning to NASA/VCU (although I think it’s now officially Virginia) for our forth year 
We will also be attending North Carolina, as its in our back yard, and hopefully Champs…
See you in Richmond.
Rob.
Things worked out, and I’ll once again be at the VCU regional. Looking forward to having an easy event!
Wetzel
Hi all…
After missing last year 1610 has returned. We originally were gonna go to the NC regional but moved back to Virginia. A quick look at the First regional lists will tell the tail of who’s coming and who is’nt.
1676 is ready to bring some Jersey love, along with 75 and 293… 
We are really looking forward to the competition, we hope to see you all there!
The best part will be meeting so many new teams.
Does anyone know if this will be webcast? Also about how far away are the pits from the field. In my experience they have only ever behind behind a curtain on the half of a stadium but I have heard of some that are quite far away
Same arena as the other ten years. None of the pits will be far away, the furthest will have to walk the length of a basketball court and a bit to reach queuing, but will then have a very short walk when they leave.
A webcast is not for sure yet, but likely.
Wetzel
The Technowizards, team 809 from Manchester CT, will be there! It’s our first time there and we’d love to meet some new teams, so come visit our pit and cheering/scouting section in the stands
On a side note: I will be the lead scouting mentor at VA and have been working on a little internet-based scouting system that is live on the internet right now. If anyone is interested in how it works or would like to be able to use it, feel free to find me or PM me on here and I’ll be glad to help
Excellent, thank you for offering it to other teams! As a side note, if I remember correctly the building has Wifi, but since it is set up by the university you need an account to use it. So a secondary means of accessing the internet may be required is something open isn’t available.
I know myself and all of 975 are looking forward to the competition, 11 days and counting!
Team 1522 will be attending once again this year!
Good Luck to all of the teams! And see you there. :3
I was expecting that. I don’t currently have a solution for it, except to use a phone. I have pulled my iPhone out occasionally to check on it in the past and I know most of the kids out there have internet access on their phone these days, so I wasn’t too worried about it.
-Fletch
Team 2028 will be there in full force
Hmm… according to the FIRST site it’s not. Virginia’s listed as 3/18-3/20, and Philly as 3/25 to 3/27. Either way, I won’t be there because it’s finals week at drexel, and then I’m on break for 5 days before coming back to Philly to work the regional here. But I’ll be watching the webcast and rooting for 1676!
Team 422 is really excited to bring three great teams and robots from New Jersey down to Virginia. Good luck to the #75 RoboRaiders, #293 Spike, and the #1676 Pascack Pioneers. I hope all three teams can make a safe and quick trip down to the Siegel Center in downtown Richmond to display three quality teams, inside the robot and out.
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I will be the volunteer photographer again, and I will also be taking pictures of teams and robots this time (since Virginia FIRST liked my photos last year). So if you see that lone tripod up in the stands, you know why! 
When I posted it, they were the same week. Scheduling changes since then.
And I certainly hope you don’t have a final on Saturday, that would be most lame. You should try and come down then.
I might try and make it down for Saturday at VCU, but it’s still undecided.